Finish of quinté: 7 - 15 - 4 - 8 - 1 Non runner: 6 ( Toronada )
After Toronada's forfeit (n ° 6), fifteen mares aged 4 and over were at the start of the first quinté of the week disputed on the difficult track of Clairefontaine (Calvados). Galloping all the way outside, the peloton covered more than the 1,800 m registered in the program.
Despite the state of the ground, conducive to widening the gaps, six competitors were deluded for success until the end. The fight was so bitter that the commissioners launched an investigation, without consequence on the arrival. The prize finally goes to Featuring (n ° 7). Long seen on a second row behind Samasthiti (n ° 16), Stéphane Pasquier's partner took a little time to engage, but she placed a good acceleration in the last two hundred meters to dominate at the end of Creativity (n ° 15), who for a long time seemed to have to win after having taken the measure of the host, La Poutanesca (n ° 2), at mid-straight.
After galloping in the rear, Moonlight Symphony (No.4) came in as a winner on the inside but had to settle for third place just ahead of the favorite Oriental Road (No.8), which made some ground again in the straight line while being wedged against the outer ridge. Back on a track that she particularly appreciates, Lady Sidney (n ° 1) behaves well while not being able to do better than fifth. After animating the debates, La Poutanesca narrowly fails to integrate the right combination.
Stéphan Flourent indicated the trifecta out of order.